Tuesday, July 12, 2011

For a second consecutive year, the Charlotte 49ers have swept the Atlantic 10's top scholar-athlete awards.

Sprinter Darius Law, who had a perfect 4.0 GPA in his four years at Charlotte, and women's soccer player Megan Minnix were named the A-10's Male and Female Scholar-Athletes Of The Year earlier today.

Golfer Corey Nagy and soccer player Hailey Beam won the awards in 2010. It's the first time in league history that a school has swept the awards two years in a row.

In Charlotte's six years in the Atlantic 10, the 49ers have won seven of the conference's 12 scholar-athlete awards. The league's other 13 schools have combined to win the other five (Saint Louis 2, Massachusetts 1, St. Bonaventure one, Xavier one). In fact, Charlotte's women's soccer team has produced three winners, more than any other school's combined total.

ETSU isn't Guilford or Presbyterian. If you are saying Davidson's overall schedule is stronger than Charlotte's, you are going to be wrong as long as the Wildcats play in the Southern. Good for them getting Kansas and Duke on the schedule. The whopping they receive will be worth the payday.